From: Mark D. <ma...@ki...> - 2006-09-26 22:56:03
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On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:30:12 -0700, Sean Egan wrote > Re: clock vs notepad. What do you think of making a notepad the icon > for EXTENDED_AWAY and making AIM's "away" an EXTENDED_AWAY state? > This way the metaphor makes a bit more sense. I'm thinking of a > little shop with one of those "We'll be back in 15 minutes clock > signs" versus a shop with a "Gone Fishing" sign, or something. I > don't know. In either case, AIM users will be happy with a notepad > and MSN users will be happy with a clock. That's an amazing idea. I think we should do it. Unless someone discovers some kind of crazy complication. > Question: iChat and the clients it inspired use a 16x16ish icon in > what we consider Big List. What do you guys think of: > http://actsofvolition.com/images/screenshots/gaim/gaim-mock-16px.png > as opposed to > http://gaim.sf.net/sean/gaim4.png ? > > It seems like iChat and its inspired clients all use variations of > the randomly colored orbs, and so it makes more sense for them to be > small, since 22x22 icons of green circle doesn't gain much over > 16x16 pixels of green circle. Our icons tend to be more detailed so > we can benefit more from the additional 8. Still, my girlfriend is convinced > Gaim will be ugly as long as those additional 8 pixels are there. Doesn't matter much to me either way. The 16x16 icon screen shot DOES appeal to me more. -Mark |